Letting students check out

[Jan Moore <moorejan@HILLSBORO.NET>]

When I was in an elementary, I allowed students to checkout their own books
IF the aide or I (or some very cooperative teachers) were standing by. The
bar scanner was mounted beside the screen and each student had a library
card with their patron bar code. We taught them to hold the card on top of
the book just above the book's bar code. They then scanned each one. The
error message, if they had an overdue, was the dreaded "red box."

They were never to checkout unattended but they did sometimes. I always knew
the culprit though, if there was an error message, but not if check out was
successful.

Jan Moore
Librarian, Hillsboro HS
Hillsboro, TX
moorejan@hillsboro.net <mailto:moorejan@hillsboro.net>
moorej@hillsboro.k12.tx.us
"God grant me the serenity to delegate tasks when appropriate, the courage
to say no, and the wisdom to know when to go home."

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